The isolated cone-shaped butte, east of this point and 10 miles north of Walsenburg, was named El Huerfano, “The Orphan,” by early Spaniards. The name appeared in Spanish records as early as 1818. This butte was near the Trappers’ Trail . . . — — Map (db m64793) HM
Here, in the shadow of the Spanish Peaks and the Wet Mountains, stands El Huerfano - "the orphan." This stark and lonely volcanic outcrop, named in the late 1700s by an unknown Spanish trader, had for centuries guided earlier Hispanos and . . . — — Map (db m97717) HM
This pioneer Huerfano County family, whose political, business, and social contributions were a major factor in the growth and development of Walsenburg, were in continuous residence here from 1872 to 1980. — — Map (db m281294) HM
Walsenburg is named for Fred Walsen, a German immigrant who settled here in 1870 and leased the land for the first major coal mine. But the community was actually founded by Don Miguel Antonio Leon, a rancher who led several dozen Mexican . . . — — Map (db m281301) HM
